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  1. Government Spending and Own-Source Revenue for Canada's Aboriginals: A Comparative Analysis

    With average unemployment rates on reserve above 20% and graduation rates below 40%, there is a clear gap in outcomes between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals in Canada. This is sometimes blamed on funding disparities. This study provides a fact-based ...

  2. If B.C. wants to increase investment in mining, think land claims—not permits

    Appeared in The Province More than 10,700 British Columbians were employed in the mining sector in 2013 with an average salary and benefits totalling $114,600. That same year, the mining industry contributed $511 million in revenues to the B.C. government ...

  3. Democracy in First Nations communities requires an informed electorate

    In a letter to Richard Price in 1789, Thomas Jefferson wrote "whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to ...

  4. More money won't solve Aboriginal woes

    Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen If Canadians wonder why little progress has been made in bringing prosperity to First Nations communities, they just received another reminder from an Ottawa-based think tank that reinforces the status quo approach to ...